"The Christmas Channel" ident used during the ABC Radio Networks era (1998-2009)
"The Christmas Channel" started out as seasonal programming on ABC Radio's Memories/Unforgettable Favorites satellite format in 1998 under The Walt Disney Company's control. On Thanksgiving Day, ABC Radio would switch programming to Christmas music and the day after Christmas Day, it would switch back to regular programming. With the merger of "Unforgettable Favorites" and "Timeless Classics" in 2006, "The Christmas Channel" became a stand-alone network. In 2007, this network (as well as other ABC Radio formats) were transferred to Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[1]
Citadel has indicated that The Christmas Channel would air, instead of on its usual separate channel, in place of the Classic Hits format Citadel distributes for the 2010 season. The stand-alone network returned in 2011, this time launching on November 1 to accommodate early adopters.[2]
Cumulus Media Networks was the only commercial network to carry such a seasonal format; its former competitor, Dial Global, along with its recently purchased assets Jones and Waitt, did not offer such a format. As Cumulus Media Networks merged with Dial Global to form Westwood One, the channel was discontinued.
christmas, channel, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Christmas Channel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Christmas Channel was an American radio network that primarily aired traditional and popular Christmas music to 35 affiliate radio stations across the United States The Christmas Channel was a property of Cumulus Media Networks through Cumulus Media and was active from the day before Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day The Christmas ChannelTypeSeasonal Radio networkCountryUnited StatesAvailabilityNationalOwnerCumulus Media Networks through Cumulus Media Launch dateNovember 26 1998 as seasonal programming block November 23 2006 as separate channel Contents 1 History 2 Sample Hour of Programming 3 Affiliates partial list 4 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp The Christmas Channel ident used during the ABC Radio Networks era 1998 2009 The Christmas Channel started out as seasonal programming on ABC Radio s Memories Unforgettable Favorites satellite format in 1998 under The Walt Disney Company s control On Thanksgiving Day ABC Radio would switch programming to Christmas music and the day after Christmas Day it would switch back to regular programming With the merger of Unforgettable Favorites and Timeless Classics in 2006 The Christmas Channel became a stand alone network In 2007 this network as well as other ABC Radio formats were transferred to Citadel Broadcasting Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16 2011 1 Citadel has indicated that The Christmas Channel would air instead of on its usual separate channel in place of the Classic Hits format Citadel distributes for the 2010 season The stand alone network returned in 2011 this time launching on November 1 to accommodate early adopters 2 Cumulus Media Networks was the only commercial network to carry such a seasonal format its former competitor Dial Global along with its recently purchased assets Jones and Waitt did not offer such a format As Cumulus Media Networks merged with Dial Global to form Westwood One the channel was discontinued Sample Hour of Programming edit It s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Bing Crosby Sleigh Ride Boston Pops Orchestra Christmastime Is Here Vocal Version Vince Guaraldi Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12 24 Trans Siberian Orchestra O Come All Ye Faithful Mormon Tabernacle Choir Merry Christmas Darling The Carpenters What Child Is This Kenny G Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano O Holy Night Josh Groban Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry The Christmas Song Nat King Cole Santa Baby Eartha KittAffiliates partial list editChicago Illinois WLS AM Detroit Michigan WJR AM New York City New York WABC AM Oak Ridge Tennessee WCYQ San Francisco California KSFO AMData as of December 6 2007 3 References edit Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting Atlanta Business Journal September 16 2011 Retrieved September 16 2011 Christmas Channel Stations Celebrate The Holidays With ABC Radio Networks Christmas Channel ABC Radio released December 6 2007 accessed November 29 2008 nbsp nbsp This article about radio broadcasting in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Christmas Channel amp oldid 1195239122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
